i mean it was just a rebrand, not a magic spell

Fuck all yall

It’s just a rebrand, did the Seattle Supersonics win after changing to OKC… ok wait nvm

hey that’s NBA Summer G League champion Charlotte Hornets to yall

Those Bobcats years were rough. I remember they gave away two free tickets to everyone who liked a certain post on their fb page haha they were desperate to get people to the arena

Cool branding though, Bobcats branding was a wet fart.

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Michael Jordan is bad at everything except playing basketball and selling shoes.

That playoff series against Miami was incredible. Purple shirt guy with a tie around his head!

“Despite.”

i’m sorry are you under the impression that they thought rebranding would change the on court product

Better rebrand to the Charlotte Horncats and see if that one works out.

their fault for not selling to a mega-billionaire willing to circumvent the salary cap

Better unis and colors tho. 

Good thing Rick and Gabe are already better than MJ lol

Shout-out to George Shinn for flying out to SF and kicking the tires on the Giants, which ultimately allowed Peter Magowan enough time to assemble his investors and save the Giants from moving to Tampa/St. Pete!

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Al Jefferson remains their only All NBA selection 

A damning way to view their success 

I actually liked when they had the jerseys that just said “CATS” 

They need to bring that one back 

They changed back you say….

When did that happen?

yea you can put lipstick on a pig…

Damn I still call them the bobcats, I’m getting old

Call me a minority, but if and when Vegas gets a team why not the bobcats ?

It’s either tank for decades trusting the process or they get sold and moved to a bigger market.

Doesn’t matter when your colors are that clean

Bobcat legend bismack biyombo

Hornets are the least successful team in nba history they have never been past the 2nd round of the playoffs. Their greatest player is either glen rice kemba or Alonzo who only played for the team for a couple of years

Flair up you shark.

Sounds like like something a nurse shark would say.

So bad, I had not even noticed. We just call them Charlotte in Portland. As if we can brag about winning anymore, either.

It’s a pretty snake bit franchise. It’s a shame because I lived around there when the franchise was new in the 80s and they had a lot of excitement. You saw Hornets stickers on cars. Kids wearing Hornets gear.

That debacle with George Shinn and moving to NO was pretty bad and if the new Bobcats/Hornets were immediately good, it might have been okay….but they’ve been bad/mediocre for 20 years. I don’t think anyone outside of season ticket holders cares at all anymore.

It honestly might be time for the NBA to just give up and let NBA fans in Charlotte just continue supporting out of market teams. Move to Seattle or Vegas.

The original Hornets were bumbling until they lucked into Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson (and the assets they got when they traded the two of them).

Honestly I was surprised to learn the hornets actually won 3 playoff games.

Yeah but we got rid of that awful name and got the Hornets back. We gotta look at the big picture here.

Got that MJ stench on them, the best move he made was walking away from the team

Relegated to G league, promote G league champion to NBA

I live in DC, that’s why branding is important. At least look good while you suck

Maybe they should try being the Horncats.

Maybe try the Bobcat Hornets.

Over the last 21 years, Charlotte has struggled to build around their key players effectively, missing out on strong complementary pieces or veteran leadership, leading to this perpetual cycle of mediocrity. This is unlike the Charlotte Hornets of the 90’s and early 2000’s who were competitive and made the playoffs fairly regularly in their brief history the first time around.

Give them some time. LaMelo is only improving, Bridges (while a deplorable human) can still play, I think Coach Lee has potential to help them improve significantly, the dude was an assistant for the Bucks and Celtics and is now leading as a head coach so we have to see how he utilizes his core.

I’m not sure why North Carolina isn’t a fun place to be in but I have my guesses living wise, as for their attendance I just think Charlotte really don’t value basketball as much as other major cities, and if they do, they value UNC and College Basketball infinitely more because its the amatuer college appeal etc, and if its not basketball, its the NFL and NCAA.

I’ve never been there personally, but just my best guess.

This is why they’ll always be my answer for “which team is in the worst position” until they prove otherwise. They’ve sucked literally since they’ve been reborn.

It wasn’t even their original name. The team that’s now the Pelicans was originally the Hornets. The current Hornets were the expansion Bobcats originally. But the NBA has their histories all weird, so all the Charlotte history goes to the Hornets, and all the New Orleans history goes to Pelicans. The Chris Paul years as a Hornet? Part of the Pelicans history. Are the Pelicans going to retire his number instead of the Hornets? Should have just kept it by team. The Timberwolves don’t get the Lakers’ Minneapolis history. The 76ers don’t get the Warriors’ Philly history. The Bucks don’t get the Hawks’ Milwaukee history.

I remember the Bobcats were always the team to play against when you just wanted an easy W in 2k lol. Team full of “who’s this guy?”

If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation.

Wait they were the Bobcats for 10 years?! I thought it was some weird 3 year fever dream until the rebrand

They should rename to the Charlotte Clown Babies. Then people would underestimate them.

Wonder if they relocate. Their arena is relatively old. One of the fastest growing cities though so others are probably more likely(Pels)

I was born/raised in charlotte, and used to be a huge hornets fan…until Kobe. Never forgave them for that. Never will.

#The NBA draft lottery is rigged

Imagine Dwight Howard instead of Emeka Okafor.  Imagine Anthony Davis instead of Michael Kidd-Brokenshot.  Imagine Wemby instead of Brandon Miller.

Getting the #1 pick instead of the #2 pick in any one of those drafts would have changed Charlotte’s trajectory.

But I’m sure it’s just a big coincidence the NBA had taken ownership of the New Orleans franchise, and was looking to sell it… and New Orleans magically jumped over Charlotte, to get a franchise player that made the team more enticing to potential buyers.

ESPN just came out with their NBA Future Power Rankings and Charlotte placed pretty low despite owning a lot of first round picks in the next 5 years and having cap flexibility for now, though that’s because a lot of their roster is still on rookie contracts.

But no one outside of Charlotte actually trusts them to utilize these tools and I imagine most of their fans don’t either. At this point, I think they have to be the main target for relocation, not that I wish it happens. But is there space in the NBA for a team that nobody believes will ever be good?

Why does this team even exist?

They came back like a bad penny pretty much instantaneously.

The Supersonics have been in purgatory for almost 2 decades while having been an actual successful franchise in terms of wins, playoffs, and fanbase.l